Greencastle Star, Greencastle, Putnam County, 25 December 1880 — Page 7

Miss E. C. Howland JH I L LIN E R.

And Denier in

Fancy Goods

mw watch. . . Loin. Albw devotes ordor t0 0 t ( t a in enough flower to make I Sabbath evenings to v.smng m the com,. | thp w , ddipK cake wns ungucce8(lfu , 1 tr y • •• llevr- M aiten will romlnct „ n ,i r . 1 |, 1 - r .„,i , . . , I ... . „ . an 1 r ‘'urned very much ibsat,pointed, religious services at tne Cross-roads hex, Th(1 , iri(t(J . ni , hl , r Kr

" a 'bath . .

IFOIRy

.. ... r , , r '* " Sip nill, o the emergency. They pounded corn in I Danville, Ind.. has been called to take the a niorUr dll ,. out in top of a stulnp; pastoral care of Union Valley Church the corn ,,, K pounded wi „, an iron wedg0 .. Mr. Burton Hurst, e. Iowa, is vis aUach „ d t(l s whifh inturn wa<fa8t ■ ting his relatives in this vicinity j, n) . d t0 H SW(M . of |he corn d , A

I0UDAT GOODS

OO TO

Uev. W. A. Box is bolding a series of

Furniture, Pictures & Picture Frames meetings at Beech Gr.ive Ourl

OnH NntlOriS &. SON, schools have closed for the holidays.

) ! The only exelucive mnnufaoturers anS dealers .Ivovkhkov

_ ... . | in tho county, therefore it is the only certain

t onpisting ot place to get good furni'ure at low prices, Let

Hosierv. Corsets. Fancy Neck llandker- ! ever>bod ' «° ana "“.Viy" Block. i j. v

chiefs, Spanish Kischues, etc , i

And will make a fncciulty of Ladies’ Underwear & Fine Laces, Consisting of English Thread, Point Applique, liretons, etc. Call and see Goods and Prices. New (ioods constantly arriving Ilairwork promptly made to order. East Washington street. 2.'> tf

in lids way the finest was taken for the w ilding cake, which, when sweetened with maple sugar and properly baked, j was highly relished hy the guests. Mr, I I’ursel sjh uk < of attending a meeting held j hy that eccentric old preacher. Lorenzo

UXGDOrS

BOOK STORE.

!{' > UllU|M'<‘ii( > 4>s 4>| si I'lltniim l'"""'' Greencastle. a circumstance 1 Cniinty I'ioiieiT. don't recollect ever hearing the old set-

, j tiers speak of.

iNTEitsKT, Iowa. Deo. 10. IS80. i It is strange with what pride the old hniTOK Star: j pioneers speak of their old log cabins. All the experience of the early pion- | f doubt if there was ever a happier people j eers of Putnam County goes far to confirm than those sheltered by them. With

tW 1 ! he 1 erhaps give a ial Masque ^ the theory that happiness is pretty evenly equal pride they speak ol tho ono-legeed

at Spurgin’s tialiety, New Year’s Eve. j balanced in this world. They had their | bedstead, a piece of furniture of the past.' Please look through OUT Stock when looking for Holiday Good*. tei*'Putnam County has not a single j own privations and hardships, but they I [t was made by outting a stick of proper

representative in the Reform School at! had alsotheir own peculiar joys. A com- length, bearing poles at one end at right

THE STAR.

CITY AND COUNTY

WirWe wish you all a Merry Christ-

mas.

Where you will find a very large assortment of

BOOKS, And very many other nice things

suirable for

HOLIDAY PRESENTS.

Plainfield.

tnon interest and a common sympathy angles, and tho same sized holes corre-1

GEORGE BICKNELL,

e cannot publish correspondence ] where the name of the author docs cot [accompany it. te^lhe Sunday Schools have made i unusual preparations to observe ChrGt0\A AkcYvtV.\A.C ; aias ln a becoming manner. Livery, Sale and Feed Stable. 1 ter ') Vo r ^ uest 0ljr friend;5 eVLr >- J where to endeavor to secure new subIfilSK'li llrof lirr. scribors for Thk Stak—one dollar a year We keep tho neatest riss, best horses, finest i only, earriaire.-. etc., ever kept in I’utimm county, j ®a&“Mr. Clay Badger is here from Kansas, visiting his relatives and many friends. Clay thinks Kansas a good country. jwjrYour absent friend or relative will I appreciate Tut: Stab as a Christmas pres- ! ent—it will cost you only a dollar to send ( it for a whole year. (9* After considerable inquiry we | learn that a great many ladies in this

tdl of which nrehired out nt redir-cd rn os. Country people wishing their horses Wed fed and oared lor while in the oity should put them uo with us. We boy too'ses and iiniles. 5Ctf BLACK A BKOTI1KU

Tho undersianed boa» leave to inform the j city expect callers on New Year's dav public that ho has added to his livery stock . . ^ some of the and are therefore prepared to receive. Finest and Lstesl Style of Cnrnnses n# if you wish the most fashionable And Bmoties, and fine single and double driv- New Year's Cards, call and see sfuniilcs inf hordes. I aiu well propnred to furoisb car* * » ir > . r ria»r^« for parties, weddings and funerals on at tDl» omce. we have only a few in

for parties, weddings and .

short notice. Prices to suit the times. Horses

and mules bought and sold.

GRAND C BNT RA L LIVERY, SALE and FEED STABLE! Northeast Corner Public Square, 3reencastle, Ind. JOHN CAWLEY. f V«u l>4»n'l < :il4-li Him iu T4‘ii

Duys,

ily

■-lock, and those ordering first will be sure to be supplied.

bound them togethy with the strongest • ies. Neighbors didn't even wait for an invitation to help each other. If there

spending with these in the lo-s of the cabin the length and breadth desired for the bed, in which are inserted poles. Up-

was a house-raising or a log-rolling tlu^ on these poles clapboards were laid, or came with as much alacrity as if- they | linn hark is interwoven securelv front were all members of the same family,! polo to pole. I’pon this primitive strucbound together by the ties of blood. The | turo the bed laid. The convenience of a

nature of things taught the settlers to dwell together in this manner; it was their only protection. They had come lar away from the well-established reign of law, and entered a new country. Each man’s protection whs in the good will of those about him, and the thing any man might well dread was the ill will of the community. It was more tcirible than

the law.

Of these old settlers some are yet living in Putnam County, in the enjoyment of the fortunes the early times, having reaped a hundred fold. Others have passed away, and many of them will not long remain Many ol them have gone to the Far West, and arc still playing the part ot pioneers. Among the latter class was Bazil Pursell, who. for the first time, saw a locomotive and train of cars in lo72. He was then eighty-seven years old. Such

Manufacturer and Dealer in

, a retentive memory as his I have seldom

^-"On earth peace, good will toward ; known> informed the wnter that he this is the anniversary of the . „ . \ e r-

J i was in rutnam County before Oreencas tie was located, on a prospecting and hunting excursion. He, like all the other pioreers, seemed never tired of relating the many interesting incidents and daring adventures in connection with those hunting excursions. It is difficult to reproduce them with that pith and point

cook stove was not thought of then. But,) instead, the cooking was done hy tire j faithful wife in pots, kettles and skillets,! on and about the big fire place, and very j frequently over and around the distended [ |iedal extremities of tho legal sovereign of the household, w hile h.; was indulging in the luxury of a cob-pipe and discussing the probable results of a contem-

plated deer hunt up Big Walnut. The sportsmen of the present dav

would hi only too glad to have such opportunities for huntine, and, I have no doubt, would travel hundreds of miles to spend a few weeks in such sport; for the

country abounded in game of all kinds

On ono of these hunting excursions the r|lumber wagons. covered under a pile ol hark a boy covered up all hut the head with leaves J On examination, we found him entirely j

Plows!

A ml Farm Machinery Generally.

Has on hand and for sale at lowest possible prices,

IIOOSIIIH WHEAT DltlEliS,

Both one and two-horse. Also tho Celebrated Studcbaker

men.” This is the anniversary of the day on which these words were first uttered, and is worthy of observance in

all Christian households.

Ms^rThe congregation of the M. E. j Church at Putnamville will give a festij vai and supper at the church, next Friday night (New Year’s eve), for the benj efit of the Sunday School. Tho public

I are cordially invited to attend.

CORRESPONDENCE.

SPRING

WAGONS,

AND CARRIAGES.

Tho attention of the public is particularly called to the lino of Farm and Spring Wason*

4 r » « • a | manufactured by me; these goods will be found to be built of the best materials, by compe-

nude, except a few rags around his neck ) tent workmen, and are fully warranted. Dealer in Imn and Steel, Horse Shoes and Ilorse-Shoo Nails, and Pittsburg Coal,

and waist. As life was not extinct, I ' claimed him hy the right of discovery. I We proceeded to divest ourselves of what wraps we could spare, as it was cold and j a deep snow on tho ground. We took j turns in carrying him .some three miles to Bainbridgc, where I secreted him in my shot> il I borrowed Home clothing

Northeast corner Indiana and Columbia streets, Greencastle, Particular attention to horso-shoein^ and repairing generally.

given to them hy those most intimately' from Aunt Milly Darnall to dress him in connected with them. I will reproduce before claiming him. I was at a loss to one: ! know how to proceed to legally secure On one of these excursions John Leroy, I the hoy. I reported to the overseers of an adventurer from the mountains of Ten jthc poor, who were John Cooper and i

GOODS.

Stop and Take a Drink at

C'ENTENRIIAI. SALOON, M. B VKNS A BRO.. Props.. West Side

Pablo Square, Green ensile, Ind.

Thk readers of Thk Stak will please bear in,

K^torkoVendorso^ho’oidni'onsof e eorrM'o?nd ^ noRsee, saw some dark object at a dis-j Jamos O’Hair—the Capt. was a voting

SUCCESS!

enti published in these columnn. We Htiuply ' tancc ami determined to interview it.

give space to our correspondents that the peoo m |r plu may learn what the thoughts oftneir

neighors are.

The (Star always welcomes newsy correspondence from various parts of the county. Send along the news of your neighborhood, and have it printed. Tcsi4*h4?rs* I list 11 ii i p.

The Franklin Township Institute met j at Hale School-house, on Saturday, Dec.

It! man then. They hound him to me until |

proved to be a half-grown black bear. It he was twenty-one years of age. He was f fled; Leroy gave chase, and coming up thirteen years of a'"', and was so emaciatwith it, he aimed by allying leap tograp-jed that the bones were through the skin ^

As in places, and weighed but thirty-seven pounds. I with great difficulty raised

pie with it and prevent its escaping, our hero came down, bruin turned and received him in a cordial embrace. 'He was now in the element of his glory, and,

Tom. Abrams,

win* to a larselz-inereaHcd. builn..., has iP re ’ iou8meetin 8 wererea,U nd adopted boon obliged to moved his stock ot 'The questions—“To what extent should i ,0l ! n( * * ^ hikins him in triumph

11. The teachers wore all cresent.ex- af .* er a P rotr '‘ ct ^ «t™ggle, in which one

leapt S. B. Brown. The minutes of the

1 with gre.it

and educated him, and he became a useful man. On future investigation it was found that he had descended from a good

of his hands was badly lacerated, besides j family on his mother’s side. She being

getting many bites and scratches, he

- it • • I a teacher control the sports ol his pupils,” A 1 OCOl 10S. 1 1 OV 1S1011S, and ‘'How to make the teaching of gram

j mar more practical,” weto discussed. J. B. Eosher organized the Institute into a

into camp. Subsequently Leroy passed through Greencastle with his pet, on his way to the Far West. He spoke of boat ding in Greencastle when there were but

GLASS &QFEENSWARE,

, , ! class and gave his method of teaching 1 a few ,0 R bu,,d ' n K 8 ar,,un,, the S, l uarc ' To the larffe room on the i ° »» .

'North ftiili- of l*til»lic Nqnuri*, j K r ' ,IUUiar -

Institute adjourned until 1 p. tn.

dead, his father through dissipation lost to every feeling of humanity, suffered the woman he was living with to drive the children into the woods where they became lost. Subsequently two others were found and bound out. I might enlarge on this subject, and give

HEADQUARTERS Talburt’s Ulock, South of the postoffice. New Goods received every week and sold at the Lowest Prices For Cash. Everybody invited to call and be made happy. C- W7. TALIUJRT.

J. D.

Ho says they had a late breakfast one! names and place where the actors in this

^ ^ morning It happened in this wts^’rhe I sad drama now reside, but, knowing their

whcrc'hf/friVn'iV!u!d'tp 11MD ^cr'‘n"i,m i„ tl.'raftcrnoon the' l rut,jVct of gram- ’ »>»'! noticed that his larderVJsensitive feelings, I drop the subj/tj aXGoM*\lH.o ToundM 0 'tow or Uwi-r'ulan) mar was again taken up. “Is the reading K'“ tlin R but he was in hourly ex->*o, referring the reader to John Coo

elsewhere in Western Indiana. of the Bible suitable for opening exer- ‘ ‘ ^ ' " IliRlieMlPrlrcBPniil lot ^larkrt- U i &(8? » and .. To w hai extent should a

, teacher prepar efor recitations,” were then 'I'Oll \I51t tils, j discussed by all present.

11 !' ’ m mu Misses Hccca Stephens, Katie Kcough

und ^ 111 werfc appointed to prepare

Proeureil for nil goMicrs dhalileil in tho U. S. programme for next meeting.

attic fiiitiiiry IM-oiIiii-i*.

WISE WORDS OF A WILLING WIT

NP>S.

Walla Walla Watchman.

At the* close of a mass meeting, accord-

service from any cause, also for heirs ot Ho* eeased soldiers. The sMahtist disability entitles to pension. IMNSIONS IXCRKASKH. lioun*y and now discharjres i rocurotl. Those InaoiiDl - • whfthwr •niltlool t<> i.nythiiig« should send two 3-cent stamps for our cirrular of information. Address, with stamps, •'?<ipdart,V (’«».. Sulicttori; of claims and patei ts.

pcctation of supplies. One evening the j sndOapt. O’Hair,

pantry was bankrupt, hut the host was in hopes his team would come with provisions before morning. But ‘‘hope deferred maketh the heart sick.” At early dawn

the landlord looked wistfully in the di-i in S to r ,ho report of the same published » . i . ’ . in a La Grange paper, reference was rection he expected hts wagon tn va.n. madp l0 lhe pl * no {nenal efficacy of St.

Miss Nannie Ratten read an essay; sub- finally he mounted a horse and rodo to j Jacobs Oil in the many painful diseases ^ jeet, “The True Standard of Human As- :l bouse down the road, where ho secured to which mankind is subject. We refer j Dir ’ tion „ ‘ ; some meal and half a side of bacon from i f° ‘be a bovo as showing how strong a | Tlie comniille. on pro-mrnmo sul.mit- [ rl), , n a Ret,1 ® r .* 1 "' '■'""S for homo. T ho atigm ll p on ,lm n o , npl! r io; c o r ,nd' g o7a

CHICKERING

PI A N O,

DUE 'ViaTOEr

In all profit eontefits-, and for the past Fifty-seven Years tho Acknowledged Standard of tha World—boinfr copied n<»t only by the makers of this country, hut of Europe—will be offered during the prenent condition of trade nt

Greatly ICcHum! Friers.

imkt S..ihotnr‘|nf^cl.-mn-^arH^ iiatei D, t cd (] lt , following, which whs adopted: half-dozen hungry hoarders sat in front ^ wishes of the great public.

Sin 34

1 — Discussion of tho Infinitive Mode, i ,be b’S building, pining for the flesh-,

^-Impaired vision and its rela.ton to ! watlr! I^Tot^TreV-1 A,, P * rS ° D! W " hin ‘ *° ,,Uri ' h " e

Far away to the northwest came the

.“AT.;; Chickering & Sons,

156 Tremont Street, Bostou.

wore'granted our Piano? in the UREAT VNOlil.D S FAIN in LOMh)N, ; at the UREAT EXPOSITION in PARIS. P».7; at the I M K K N ATIO.N A L EXPOSITION in < hili, 1S7‘>; mid at the grand Centennial Kx'bition,Philadelphia*'76.

ANTED,

f ap y sr.

Wo want

schools. Iiu.-v- uiiva men iiiuuma ucguu iu w i»iur. j . "

3— Exercises of the last day—of what 1 ‘ r aw *y 10 the northwest came ,1,, “ p'i'' i i r„ 0M 'if lhr H ” h . th °

should they consist? "h "T* m" “ i '‘‘ hU ' h °- ,! " 1 sensitive creature’' ’ ’ 4- The best method of teaching Rhvs- the lialf side of bacon as a sign ^ fee , jn iology and Hygiene practically. of relief. W»The postoffice was kept in ono ‘ l -‘

anir

(or fcxnmine ) linstruuient? aro respeetfally|invitod to viitit

our ware-room?.

Avenue, New York.

: '“ wt °'» th0 2d Sal “Oay in January.

utraiaht, free from knots or wormhoh the j Gkii i UL'IiK JoUKsun, J, B. Fohiieu,

I ssp to lie tHken off.

100,000

recilation in history. j ■” -— ”” u- and rt has helped me 1 intend to have # On motion, tho institute adjourned, to |2 race ' u ^) r ^ ls ^ n ' ,utc “ precious tins- another of extra strength soon.—See I

jslvcstothe anxious inquirers who had Ady.

traveled miles on foot to receive from the ,, , ' , . „ r

Mrs. Jones, the wife ot a wealthy

MkiliMEsiySpte

Tit. .Tl4'ii4li:m

* Sec.

:tlt4l It4'll4‘ ( >114111.

r , i . t, ed to till a lighted lamp with keros'ene.:

, ones fur away. 1 he place being so small. [

Considerable sickness in this vicinity.. and the means of transportation so limited ‘ ' ^ 'V.' scvera 10UM > * ut h r

eda(fan'd l!!ndheT lele"M'lvr beV-m.^'tou^h! • • ,,il in Jefferson township, Dec. and irregular, they were unable to supply i C '' ' il’L' " nmL ' 1 ' ll0 'J r ' Kwk X t 7-th r e e bar r k m no , t 0 1 . t ai?. r i “J) 17, 1880, of typhdd fiver, Washington|tb« eflta) ragnlarly with tho mail. A Women tnat have b«enproMsnoad inwhich wc will imy the hiKhe..t market i>ric, t<> Allee, son of Robert and Sarah Alice, mail carrier once complained that he had curable hy the best physicians in tin Farmer^»mi aged 18 years Those a ho cause,1 1 no. been well treated, saving he was a ! ^ v will find there in money in it. tf fi , ... ,, . . .. , , , , . , fi'wale weakness by the use of Lydia E Broekwav & Uoi knrvllow. tbo disturbance at tho -Mr Mori,iian Lit- German, and the people thought grated I’inkham's Vegetable cotnpcund ' Send

crary Society, on the night oi the 10th, corn broad good onougli for a Dutchman, to Mrs. Lydia K. Pinkham, Weston,

—Milt. E. 1 homas, Notary Fulnic, will he required to answer for tho same In point of fact, however, it was the very Avenue, Lynn, Mass., for pamphlets. 2t<15

fake,‘"and lo^eTancii^prXptf/aE! I'*™'":'' . ' ‘ ^ t , tho orjth.ain j From «h~

f ^j ^ * r - 1 • J t lorn Mtirct will loftrh thf» ^rnnol nt f/NV fhr.n\e.>lV'oa

Ind

Miss Clara Hurst will teach the school at

,, . the Allee school-houso The

Ileal oatatcofaH kinds on liberal terms’]y oun K folk8,n th,s v,cl,1 "J r are »> akin P

R. L. HATHAWAY, Greencastle, considerable pu-parations for the hob

' v--,"- "X I * l '” , ‘ ,,,c stead}-, firm and regular themselves. '>-''557*'N Ibeatofthe heart, replacing int rrupted Mr. Rursel informed ff??ethatrie was at, lin J feeble action of that organ, demonone of the first weddings in the county. ’ n , a c var ' e *L cases, f ellows lhe father of the bride spent several, Unown t0 exort a ,^ nic ^ cct on days riding abaut among tho settlers in .the muscles of the heart.

. > 4

. ,Jas. 13. Harris displays a

$60

Orgtn fi irvt on frval. pvrebaim- roT’riv no nr *r\*U MARCHAL & SMITH ORGAN CO, TW «eu<lin| , iir«ct from fartory to pore baser, ran sell this beautiful Organ, 7R Inobes hifb, 4H iuobea lang, »aluu»ea.a«, 6 ofltAVoa, Iftatopa, 4 Se(s> of Itecd*, for We are ttciermiiu'd that rrt-rv ou*’ -ball have an opporiutmy t« t« at thi - ma(nilicvnt O

therefore pul th*' price at 8U0« * ,,il 9eild OH Fifteen Days* Trial- "oaeui WtJl

«f«ry Organ a STOOL, Ml hll and IKNlTtl fTION IHHtk, tn . ompb-u- Musn ui Outfit .

Ordi-p ul Oo4f. l>ct»oi4it the money with )oar bank or auy rt'a|Njuaible lut’rchahl, t i V paid l*

ca if tirgau ia aaiisfartory, or t4> be returueii to you i f Organ i« returue<l to us. Ours i • the Only House In America "ffrrs a 'o eimr organ A

having Sub-bM-, Vouplr* . • and Grand Organ,/vr (GO. O'der dirut or send for lull »i**ecripuou. 11AUC1IAL A HM1TII, M weal i^Wsenth tsirtt*!, Ni’sir korL, N. Y«

NEW PREMIUM CORN SHELLER. OM.Y 4HEAI* l’KA4TI4'I.E IIAMMOKN -IIM I tit MAI E, Mil |, DO An Alt * II A - AX Y 1)01.1.Ali A

MO l.t.l K 18 lilt MAUKt’l. , TWO IMPORTANT ADVANTAGES.

F'l H ST.—U dons iiotinjure tho corn, and is therefore just the

e lor !■ helling torn for seed.

fiL••II. d into o:il .

nn hich is an li nvti,L nee, as many

ithe mid i leof

tho corn from t

th «* enr.

Shclh

SlfifcoMI.-Tbc tip end and butt end of Uso corn can bw •■ILd into one vessel, ami the body «>f tin ear into anoth

ly ■h

manv largo, Hgh-priccd snpiicrsiieinny havo. It Will I*ay I'or Itp»c‘lf Many T imcH

Ower on Any Parni.

Oor rUEMIT’M CORN SlIKl.I.EH is destined to becooe the

- ■ vru.. n ( n f r0( { t ) r( . 4 i noo ih ( >rsmutt

the ear into another, fanners plant only

Kvory Fnrnior wants this Mu ller r r nieilingrorn f«»r pou!trr’. for inesl, for itrod.or for any similar purpose, no uv Low manv largr, bigh-prired ghplier^ be mny iihn e.

i.i.KRof the dav. V/ hen once introduced no other We believe tbi* to be t be Rest Hmid (‘'irn Shelill AGKNTH WANTKD in every fountv.

t-clas ('ountrv Storeh and Dealers in Hardwarear V Q ^ Al-TlcaiinTii ImpicnicnU. Akk vni a rosrr.ciHl It hehaiunt got It, -

(I t v r*

. ler will be tvanted.

Invented. I iitvashinir AGKNT Mr For Sale by all ftrst-clas ('«

al Implements, AjBKti